For reasons of privacy and security, we have chosen to exclude birth dates and certain other details about individuals who are known or believed to be living.
For reasons of privacy and security, we have chosen to exclude birth dates and certain other details about individuals who are known or believed to be living.
Some of the Grandchildren of Benjamin P. Bedell
Celestia "Les"
Bedell Young
(1874/75-1963)Araminta
"Mint, Minnie"
Bedell
Haentschke-Otten
(1876-1966)Charles Benjamin
Bedell
(1883-1948)Alfred James
Bedell
(1885-1979)Willis Phileo
Bedell
(1891-1968)Julia Adelaide
Jones Pinkham
(1874-1898)
6. Celestia Amelia (Les) BEDELL (Alfred Curtis , Benjamin P. ) was born on 31 Jan 1874/1875 (siources disagree) in Inwood, Queens County, New York. She died on 28 Jul 1963 in Bellaire, Queens Village, Queens County, New York. She was buried in the Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
Her obituary: [undated clipping from The Wave]:
Celestia Amelia Young
Member of Pioneer Family"Following a long illness, Celestia Amelia Young died Sunday morning at her home, 210-01 104th avenue, Bellaire. She was the wife of John C. Young, former associate editor of The Wave, who, at 84, still writes the "Reminiscing " column for The Wave each week.
Mrs. Young was born Jan. 31, 1875 at Inwood to Alfred and Georgianna Bedell. She was a tiny baby when her parents moved to Rockaway Beach, settling in Seaside. Later her father built a home in Bayview avenue (Beach 90th street) which remained in the family until a few years ago.
Mrs. Young was one of the few remaining pupils of the first Sunday School on Rockaway Beach which was held in the home of Mrs. Fanny Holland. Later, when the First Congregational Church was organized, she became one of its members and joined its Ladies Aid Society, when that was formed, retaining her membership throughout her lifetime.
Mr. and Mrs. Young were married June 5, 1895, and after living in Brooklym for two years, moved to Rockaway Beach. Bout 40 years ago they moved to Jamaica and then Bellaire.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Young is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Grace Haggerty of Berkeley. Calif. (an older daughter, Gladys, is deceased); two brothers, Alfred J. Bedell of Tivoli, N.Y., and Willis P. Bedell of Levittown, J.I.; a sister, Mrs. Henry Otten, of Bellaire; a grandson, Alfred Haggerty, and two great-grandson, Steven and James Haggerty, all of Lafayette, Calif.
Funeral services were held last evening in Jamaica by the Rev. Arthur Wells of the Hollis Avenue Congregational Church, Queens Village. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn. "
Celestia married John C. YOUNG, son of Christopher and Mary Young, on 5/8 Jun 1895. John was born on 19 Jul 1869 in New York City, New York. He died on 20 Sep 1963 in Bellaire, Queens Village, Queens County, New York. He was buried in the Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
OCCUPATION: John was a newspaper reporter for The Wave of Rockaway Beach, the New York Herald, the New York Tribune, the Sunday World, and the Brooklyn Daily Times.. He also co-founded and published the Argus, a Rockaway newspaper, and later became associate editor of The Wave, 1943-1953. After his retirement at age 84, he continued working as a columnist for The Wave until a few months before his death at age 94.
His death notice in the New York Times, Sept 22, 1963, p. 87.
"Young, John C., Sept. 20, 1963, husband of the late Celestia A. Young, dear father of Grace Haggerty, grandfather of Alfred Haggerty; also survived by 2 great-grandchildren. Service at the Fairfield Chapel, 220-05 Hillside Ave., Queens Village, Sunday, 8:30 P.M. Interment Evergreen Cemetery."
Celestia and John had the following children:
16 F i Gladys G. YOUNG was born on 26 Mar 1896 in Rockaway Beach, Queens County, New York. She died on 31 Jan 1923 in Jamaica, Queens County, New York. She was buried on 3 Feb 1923 in Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
Gladys worked as a supervisor of a mail order house. She died of tuberculosis at age 26.+ 17 F ii Grace Redwood YOUNG was born on 23 Jan 1898. She died on 9 Jan 1991. 7. Araminta Louise (Mint, Minnie) BEDELL (Alfred Curtis , Benjamin P. ) was born on 23 Sep 1876 in Inwood, Queens County, New York. She died on 26 Aug 1966 in Bellaire, Queens Village, Queens County, New York. She was buried on 29 August 1966 in Trinity Churchyard, Hewlett, Nassau County, New York.
Her obituary: [undated clipping from The Wave?]:
Araminta Bedell Otten
Daughter of Pioneers
"Mrs. Minnie Otten, the former "Mint" Bedell, died last Friday in Bellaire, where she resided at 210-01 104th avenue.. Her age was 89 years.Mrs. Otten was born in Inwood on September 23, 1876, her parents being Alfred C. and Georgianna Bedell. She was a small child when they settled in Rockaway Beach , when her father, a builder, went to work for the Long Island Rail Road and for years superintended the maintenance of the railroad trestle across Jamaica Bay. Her father also drew the plans for the original building of the First Congregational Church, the first place of worship on Rockaway Beach.
Mrs. Otten attended the Rockaway Beach School, the forerunner of Public School 44. She was a member of the First Congregational Church and for many years was active in its Ladies Aid Society.
She was married to Frank Haentschke and had a son Frank. Both are deceased. Some years after the death of her first husband, Mrs. Haentschke married Henry Otten of Jamaica (in 1941) and resided there for several years befrore moving to Bellaire.
Mrs. Otten is survived by her husband; two brothers, Alfred J. Bedell of Tivoli, N.Y., and Willis P. Bedell of Levittown, L.I. She also leaves a grandson, Frank Haentschke of Pomfort, Md.
The Rev. Egbert Macklin, pastor Emeritus of the Victoria Congregational Church , officiated at funeral services, which were held at Queens Village last Sunday. Interment was made in the family plot in Trinity Churchyard, Hewlett."
Araminta's Find-A-Grave record.
Araminta married (1) Franz E. (Frank) HAENTSCHKE about 1894. Frank was born in Apr 1865/1867 in Germany or Austria. He died on 30 Sep 1934. He was buried on 3 October 1934 in Trinity Churchyard, Hewlett, Nassau County, New York.
His birth date was recorded as April 1867 in the 1900 census, but the birth year on his gravestone is 1865.
IMMIGRATION: He came to America in the period 1885-1888. His naturalization was still pending in 1910.
OCCUPATION: Franz was a lithographer.Araminta and Franz had the following children:
+ 18 M i Frank Albert HAENTSCHKE was born on 3 Jul 1895. He died on 9 Mar 1938. Araminta married (2) Henry OTTEN in 1941., Henry was born on 9 Jan 1886 in Oerel, Germany. He died in Feb 1970 in Europe.
No children of this marriage.
8. Charles Benjamin BEDELL (Alfred Curtis , Benjamin P. ) was born on 22 May 1883 in Jamaica, Queens County, New York. He died on 26 Feb 1948 in Rockaway Beach, Queens County, New York. He was buried on 28 Feb 1948 in Rockville Cemetery, Lynbrook, Nassau County, New York.
OCCUPATION: Charles, like his father, worked for the Long Island Rail Road as a bridge carpenter, and was foreman of carpenters who maintained the wooden trestle across Jamaica Bay.
His obituary: in The Wave [undated clipping]:
"Charles Benjamin Bedell, a lifelong resident of the Beach, died last Thursday in Rockaway Beach Hospital after an illness of several months. He was taken to the hospital two weeks previous when his condition became grave. His home was 92-11 De Soto and his age was 65.
For 40 years he had been employed by the Long Island Rail Road as a foreman of bridge carpenters on the trestle over Jamaica Bay and other sections of the Island. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Bridge Carpenters and the Volunteer Relief Society, and was well known throughout the community.
Surviving are his wife Agnes; a daughter Mrs. Rowland Seaman of this place; three sisters Mrs. John C. Young, Mrs. Henry Otten, and Mrs. Douglas Coulter, all of Bellaire; two brothers, Alfred J. Bedell of Madalin, N.Y., and Willis P. Bedell of Brooklyn, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Elmer J. Snyder Funeral Parlor, the Rev. Ellsworth T. Richardson of the First Congregational Church officiating. Burial was in Rockville Center cemetery under the direction of Minnie E. Snyder."
Charles married Agnes May SMITH daughter of Leonard C. Smith and Mary Olivia Hughson on 15 Jun 1905 in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Matteawan, Dutchess County, New York. Agnes was born in May 1874 in Matteawan, Dutchess County, New York. She died on 4 Jan 1949 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
Charles and Agnes had the following children:
+ 19 F i Elsie Ritter BEDELL was born on 3 Apr 1906. She died on 6 Dec 1995. 9. Alfred James BEDELL (Alfred Curtis , Benjamin P. ) was born on 8 Apr 1885 in Springfield, Jamaica, Queens County, New York. He died on 9 Jan 1979 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. He was buried on 11 Jan 1979 in Red Church Cemetary, Tivoli, Dutchess County, New York.
EARLY LIFE: Read The Rockaway Beach Memoirs of Alfred James Bedell
OCCUPATION: Alfred worked for the Rockaway Beach Post Office.His obituary, Pine Plains Register Herald, Jan 18, 1979 p. 9.
Alfred J. Bedell,
"Funeral services were to be held Friday, Jan 12 for Alfred J. Bedell, 93, of Tivoli. He died Tuesday, Jan. 9 at St Francis Hospital, Poughkeepsie after a short illness. He was a retired letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in New York City. Born in Springfield April 8, 1885. he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Bedell and had lived in Tivoli since 1945. His wife. Frances Slater Bedell, died in April, 1967. Surviving are two sons, Alfred C. Bedell of Kingston and Harold Bedell of Millerton; a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Edwards of Port Richey, Fla.; five grandchildren, and three greatgrandchildren.
Burial was to be at Red Hook Cemetery. Friends may make memorial donations to a favorite charity in his name."Alfred married (1) Adelaide Celeste SPRAGUE, daughter of James Sprague and Alice M. Place, on 13 Feb 1907 in Queens County, New York. Adelaide was born on 14 Jun 1891 in New York. She died on 10 Sep 1944 in Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. She was cremated at Fresh Pond Crematory, Middle Village, Queens County, New York..
Alfred and Adelaide had the following children:
+ 20 F i Mabel Alfrieda BEDELL was born on 14 Aug 1907. She died on 14 Nov 1991. Alfred married (2) Frances SLATER. She died in April 1967.
Alfred and Frances had the following children:
21 M ii Alfred Curtis BEDELL II (Living). 22 M iii Harold James BEDELL (Living). 10. Willis Phileo BEDELL (Alfred Curtis , Benjamin P. ) was born on 12 May 1891 in Rockaway Beach, Queens County, New York. He died on 9 Jun 1968 in Levittown, Nassau County, New York. He was buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
OCCUPATION: Willis was a lithographer, linotyper and printer. Among his places of employment were the Corning Journal (Corning, Steuben Co. NY) and Howard O. Bullard Inc. (Vesey St., Manhattan.)
He was a member of the Brooklyn Glee Club, and its president 1939-1940.
His obituary: [undated clipping from The Wave?]:
Willis Phileo Bedell
Well Known Typographer"Willis Phileo Bedell, of 44 Forge lane, Levittown, died Sunday morning at his residence, following a short illness.
Mr. Bedell, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Bedell, was born May 12, 1891 in Rockaway Beach. After resideing some years in Corning, N.Y. and in Brooklyn, he moved to Levittown in 1950. He had been wih Howard C. Bullard, typographers, since 1919 except for a few years when he was Superintendent of The Wave Printery where, as a boy, he had learned his trade.
He leaves his wife, the former Ella Seinsoth of Brooklyn,; two daughters, Mr.s Shirley Haliniewski of Irvington, N.J., and Mrs. Audrey Sidden of Wantaugh, L.I.; a brother, Alfred, of Tivoli, N.Y., and two grandchildren, Charles and Susan Sidden.
The Rev. Harry Hall of the Community Church of Levittown officiated at the funeral service at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home in Wantaugh. The funeral took place at 12:30 p.m. with interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery,. Brooklyn.."
Willis married Ella Louise SEINSOTH, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Seinsoth, on 4 Jul 1914 in Union Course (Woodhaven), Queens County, New York. Ella was born on 26 Feb 1896 in New York.. She died in Apr 1980, probably in Nassau County, New York.
Her marriage certificate is erroneously indexed under the maiden name SMOTH..
Last known address was Wantagh, Nassau County, New York.Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Tuesday, July 7, 1914, p.4
BEDELL—SEINSOTH.
"Miss Ella Louise Selnsoth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Seinsoth, of 731Lott avenue, Union Course, and Willis Phileo Bedell of Corning, N. Y„ were married at the home of the bride's parents at 5 o'clock, Saturday afternoon. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. John C. Green of the First Congregational Church of Rockaway. Miss Lillian Leitz was maid of honor and Francis M. Ferguson was best man.
Tho parlor was tastefully decorated with white streamers, and the couple stood under a large white bell while the ceremony was being performed. A reception followed. Mr. and Mrs Bedell left yesterday morning for Corning, where they will live."Willis and Ella had the following children:
23 F i Shirley E. BEDELL was born on 10 Sept 1916 in New York. She died on 28 Aug 1996, probably in Suffolk County, New York.
Her last known address was Sayville, Suffolk County, New York. She had previously lived in Wantagh, Nassau County NY (circa 1982) and Irvington, New Jersey (circa 1968.).Shirley married -- HALINIEWSKI.
No known children.+ 24 F ii Audrey Louise BEDELL was born on 2 Dec 1918. 11. Ethel May BEDELL (Alfred Curtis , Benjamin P. ) was born in Oct 1893 in Queens County, New York. She was christened on 26 Jan 1896 in First Congregational Church, Rockaway Beach, Queens County, New York with her twin sister, Phillis, who died young. Ethel died before 1963 (place unknown).
Last know residence was the Bellaire section of Queens Village, Jamaica, Queens County, New York in 1948. She is not mentioned as in the obituary of her sister Celestia (Bedell) Young in July 1963. No New York City death record has been found. It is said she died of cancer.
Ethel married Douglas Reed COULTER, son of Irving S. Coulter, on 30 Nov 1911 in Rockaway Beach, Queens County, New York. Douglas was born on 1 Feb 1890 in Long Island City, Queens County, New York.
OCCUPATION: Douglas was a chauffeur and garage manager.
Ethel and Douglas had the following children:
+ 25 M i Irving A. COULTER was born on 10 Oct 1912. He died in Jul 1987 in New York. 13. Harry WEHLEN (Mary L. BEDELL , Benjamin P. ) was born on 25 Nov 1888 in Woodhaven, Jamaica, Queens County, New York. He died on 15 Aug 1944 in Far Rockaway, Queens County, New York. He was buried on 19 Aug 1944 in Lutheran Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens County, New York.
OCCUPATION: Harry was a clerk for the Long Island Rail Road and the Pennsylvania Rail Road.
Harry married Hilda THIELMANN, daughter of Gustave Thielmann, on 8 Jun 1910 in Chester Park, Jamaica, Queens County, New York. Hilda was born about 1891 in Warsaw, Pennsylvania.
Harry and Hilda had the following children:
+ 26 F i Alberta WEHLEN was born on 3 Dec 1911 in Richmond Hills, Jamaica, Queens County, New York. 27 F ii Elvira WEHLEN was born about 1921 in New York. 28 F iii Evelyn WEHLEN was born in May 1924 in New York. 14. Julia Adelaide JONES (Catharine A. (Kate) BEDELL , Benjamin P. ) was born in May 1874 in Inwood, Queens County, New York. She died on 29 Sep 1898 in Rockaway Beach, Queens County, New York. She was buried on 2 Oct 1898 in Trinity Churchyard, Hewlett, New York.
Obituary, The Wave, Saturday, October 1, 1898, p. 1"Julia Adelaide, wife of Charles D. [sic, T.] Pinkham and daughter of Mrs. Rowland Seaman, died at 3 o’clock Thursday morning, at the home of her mother, the Colonade Hotel, Sea Side. Mrs. Pinkham was twenty-four years of age and for the greater part of her life was a resident of the Beach. She came down to the Beach early this spring. About two months ago she became ill but no serious results were entertained until about two weeks ago. Then typhoid fever set in and she gradually grew worse. Change for the better occurred last Sunday and hopes for her recovery were entertained, but midnight Wednesday, she had a relapse and passed peaceably away. She leaves a little son six years old to share the sorrow with her husband. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1 o’clock in the Congregational Church and interment will be made in Trinity churchyard at Woodmere."
Julia married Charles T. PINKHAM son of Jordan A. Pinkham and Harriett E. Gordon, about 1890. Charles was born on 14 May 1864 in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. He died on 20 Sep 1946 in Los Angeles, California. He was buried on 23 Sep 1946 in Hollywood Mausoleum, Los Angeles, California.
OCCUPATION: Charles was a licensed electrical contractor, and also sold photography supplies and equipment in his shop.
Julia and Charles had the following children:
+ 29 M i Rowland Seaman PINKHAM was born on 22 Jun 1892. He died on 27 Dec 1973. 15. Robert Ellsworth JONES (Catharine A. (Kate) BEDELL , Benjamin P. ) was born on 8 Aug 1876 in Inwood, Queens County, New York. He died on 3 Mar 1954 in Rockaway Beach, Queens County, New York. He was buried on 6 March 1954 in Trinity Churchyard, Hewlett, Nassau County, New York.
OCCUPATION: Robert was a member of the New York City Fire Department until 1921, and was later a foreman of the Long Island Rail Road Power Department., Also worked as a carpenter and electrician.
His obituary,The Wave, Tuesday, March 4, 1954,
Robert E. Jones
"Robert Ellsworth Jones, of 88-07 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, died at his home yesterday morning at the age of 77 after an illness of four years.
Mr Jones had been a resident of the Rockaways since he was brought here as a child 6 months old. He was a former member of the New York City Fire Department, having retired in 1821 because of a physical disability. He was a member of the Exempt Firemen's Association of the Fifth Ward..
His wife, Anna, nee Martin, a daughter, Mrs. Catherine Lorne and three grandchildren, Catherine Diane, Robert Chris and James Joseph Lorne, jr., of Lynbrook, L.I., survive him.
Funeral services will be held at the Elmer J. Snyder Funeral Home, 88-16 Rockaway Beach boulevard at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Henry M. Childs of the FIrst Congregational Church officiating. Interment will be in the Trinity Church Cemetery, Hewlett, under the direction of the Elmer J. Synder Funeral Home.."Robert married Anna Isabell MARTIN, daughter of Isaac and Anna Martin, on 7 Apr 1912 in Rockaway Beach, Queens County, New York. Anna was born about 1875 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. She died on 6 May 1963, probably in Nassau County, New York. She was buried on 9 May 1963 in Trinity Churchyard, Hewlett, Nassau County, New York.
Anna was living in Lynbrook, Nassau County, New York at the time of her death..
Robert and Anna had the following children:
30 F i Catherine Ann JONES was born on 24 Jan 1914. She died on 19 May 1993.
